Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Creation Myths Paragraph

People have always and will always still wonder how the earth was created and what was in the beginning. In creation myths there are quite a lot of common elements (but I am going to stick with only three for now.) The first common element is chaos to order, second punishment, and third earth diving. An example for chaas to order can be seen in Phan Ku (Chinese) because there was nothing in the beginning. And then the creation myth, Elohim the creator. This uses this theme because it says that in the beginning there was nothing and then at the end there was everything. The last example of chaos to order is the creation myth because it also says that there was only chaos in the beginning but at the end there were sacrifices so there was everything.
Now the second common element, punishment. One example is in the christian creation of Adam and Eve. Another example is the creation myth concerning punishment is called the first man becomes the devil (Ulgen the creator). THis is because the man wanted something different from the got that was in charge. The third example is Phan ku because he sacrificed his body to the world and that is when there was punishment.
The third common element is earth diving. The first example for this is The Turtle that went to the bottom of the sea. So that he could start to form earth. And the last example is from the Japanese myth, but the god didn't pick earth up he just scuped earth in his hands.
It is clear that there are many different creation myths that all explain how the earth was created. Many of these contain common elements which is amazing because there are so many different ones and how all of them connect.

1 comment:

  1. Remove the line: (but I am going to stick with only three for now.)as you are writing in the third person - a formal piece. Take a look at your transitions too, they are very obvious. make them more subtle. I liked the ending - a nod towards the essential questions. The evidence that you selected did justify your points. Double check for spelling and capitalization please. Add and source images.

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